XPost: rec.audio.pro   
   From: grizzledgeezer@comcast.net   
      
   >> My problem is that I don't want the operating system blocking me from   
   >> access to the machine. XP and Vista started doing this, which annoyed   
   >> me no end. (7 isn't quite so bad.)   
      
   > A lot of the frustration experienced by users is caused by the   
   > misunderstanding that windows was designed for them, it isn't, it is   
   > designed for the systems manager and for use as client os in a   
   client-server   
   > context.   
      
   > One of the more baffling responses I got on my initial quest to get a   
   p2-300   
   > running win98se and later ME to perform was that someone told me that if I   
   > restricted the cache allocation then the OS would run poorly. Not that I   
   > cared, I just wanted that box to be able to receive sp-dif audio stably   
   and   
   > to be able to actually burn a cd .... the concept that the OS was not the   
   > most important sw on the box was apparently a novel one.   
      
   The ideal operating system is one which is invisible to the user.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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